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Jobs and Labor
Labor policy should promote competition and mobility in the workforce. Instead, government regulations often hold workers back and cartelize the labor market. Congress should remove these artificial barriers to entrepreneurship and job creation.
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Commentary
Apr 1, 2008 4 min read